WHAT’S IN PHOTOCRATI 4.0?

• Built-in gallery management! (they’ve made it even easier)
• Built-in ecommerce galleries! Add ecommerce galleries with print sizes and prices. Comes with shopping cart functionality, integrated with Paypal. Accept Paypal or credit cards for purchases. You’ll be notified of purchases and sent an order summary. You’ll fulfill orders yourself at your preferred print lab.
• iPhone / iPad compatibility. (you read that right,, it works on the iphone. ipod and ipad now!)
• Copyright protection for Photocrati Galleries – no right clicking, dragging images to desktop, or viewing source URLs
• Albums. Now add album pages – with thumbnails linking to each of your galleries.
• Border controls. Customize borders on images and thumbnails in galleries.
• Music. Add music to your home page, gallery pages, and blog page.
• IPTC Data. Automatically imports IPTC headlines and captions.
• Dozens of other updates!

These new features should be met with open arms from photographers because they are really quite awesome.  I’m a big fan of Photocrati’s theme because it gives photographers a theme that puts imagery first.  It’s super easy to use and allows you to get your site set up in a couple hours,, depending on how many photos you have.

I’ll be putting up some video tutorials in the near future on how to install, set up and make the best use of this theme so keep an eye out.  And if you have any questions please leave a comment below.

Also, I just uploaded a video on installing photocrati theme and creating a gallery if you’re interested.

All new theme from Studiopress for photographers and teens.

From StudioPress “There’s a fresh, vibrant generation out there, and you’re a part of it.

Pretty Young Thing can capture the essence of your experience and reflect it back to a world that badly needs a dose of youthful exuberance!”

Current version: 1.0 · Updated: 2/16/11
Requires: WP 3.0 · Compatible to: WP 3.1
Features: custom background/header, 3 color styles, 6 layout options, fixed width, theme options, featured images, threaded comments, footer widgets
BuddyPress Compatible: No

My thoughts:

When I first saw this theme I thought that it was a perfect fit for photographers of all types, especially women because of it’s feminine features and color palette.  But you can also adjust the color palette and change the logo and have a totally new site that has cool features like prominent about me info in the right column.  It also has a variety of template pages so you can have pages with or without sidebars.

Of course this runs perfectly on the newest version of WordPress 3.1 so you can do a lot of cool stuff.  Oh and this theme has built in adspace which I think is a great feature.

This is a child theme of Studiopress’ very popular Genesis framework so you know you’ll get great SEO features.

Be sure to check out the demo to see more of the pages.

An Overview of Photocrati Viewfinder Theme features:

• Simple design that gives emphasis to your photos
• Very nice image gallery management and viewing
• Built-in WordPress blogging functionality, with two-column blog layout
• Easy, flexible customization options
• Excellent customer service and support through our support forum
• Cross browser compatible
• WordPress 2.7.1 3.0+ compatible
• Tableless design and 100% CSS-based
• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• Valid CSS

Viewfinder Theme Pricing: $79

Viewfinder Demo

Photocrati Polarized Theme features:

• Simple and Elegant design that emphasizes your photos
• Great gallery management and viewing
• Built-in WordPress blogging functionality, with two-column blog layout
• Easy, flexible customization options
• Excellent customer service and support through our support forum
• WordPress 2.7.1 + compatible
• Cross browser compatible
• Tableless design and 100% CSS-based
• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• CSS Validates

Current Price: $79

View a live demo of Polarized

The Photocratic Emulsion Theme

An Overview of Photocrati Emulsion Template features:

• Elegant and beautiful design that emphasizes your phtotographs
• Outstanding photo gallery management and viewing
• Built-in WordPress blogging functionality, with two-column blog layout
• Easy, flexible customization options
• WordPress 2.7.1 3.0+ compatible
• Cross browser compatible
• Tableless design and 100% CSS-based
• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• Valid CSS

• Excellent customer service and support through our support forum

Current Price: Only $79

View the Live Demo Here